Belicheat, This isn't Indy

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Originally Posted by Puck

Would it be fair to say that Fleener would have a deeper threat than Allen. So those catches and drops didn't account for the short route to longer routes?

Just curious

11.77 yards per reception = Coby Fleener (while with Colts)
11.52 yards per reception = Dwayne Allen (career)

I would agree that the stats don't account for the differences between long and short passes. I don't know that I can agree that Fleener ran a ton of longer routes than Allen.

Year / Allen's Avg YPC / Fleener's YPC

2012 / 11.6 / 10.8
2013 / xx.x / 11.7
2014 / 13.6 / 15.2
2015 / 06.8 / 09.1

I think lots and lots of folks remember Fleener from his 2014 season (15.2 avg, 8 TD) with a whopping 16 plays of 20+ yards and think that was his "standard." It was not; it was his best year as a pro.

In 2012, Fleener had 5 plays of 20+ yards...Allen had 9 plays of 20+ yards
In 2013, Flenner had 7 plays of 20+ yards...Allen had 1 plays of 20+ yards (his only catch of season)
In 2015, Fleener had 4 plays of 20+ yards...Allen had 3 plays of 20+ yards

Perception is that Fleener made a LOT more long catches then Allen. Reality is that they are pretty darn even in terms of long plays (excepting 2014) and overall average yards per catch.

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